Meanwhile, people seem to be leaving the Obama administration likes rats abandoning a sinking ship. Economic advisor Larry Summers is going back to Harvard. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel may leave to run for Mayor of Chicago.

Bob Woodward has published a new book detailing infighting in the Obama administration over the war on Afghanistan. And then there is former President Jimmy Carter going around talking about how great the Carter administration was after all. Deja vu all over again.

Is support among Democrats for the Obama administration imploding? Or is this perhaps a very well-orchestrated rope-a-dope strategy designed to lull Republicans and Tea Party voters into a false sense of security before coming back at the bell. The bell for this round doesn't ring until the general election is over on Tuesday evening November 2, 2010.